The Collection of British Tokens formed by the late Sven Gahlin

The Greatheed Petition to Dismiss the King’s Ministers, Warwick, 1797, a copper medal, unsigned, cart under gallows from which three men are hanging, the end of three logger heads, rev. as if from newgate cells three felons led, and on the new drop tyd, till dead, dead, dead, 37mm, 19.71g/12h (DH Warwickshire 11; BHM 445). Usual die flaw on obverse, the hanging men well struck up, extremely fine with diffused original colour and attractive reflective surfaces, extremely rare £1,500-£2,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of British Tokens formed by the late Sven Gahlin.

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Provenance: S.H. Hamer Collection, Glendining Auction, 26-28 November 1930, lot 365; W. Waite-Sanderson Collection, Glendining Auction, 16-17 November 1944, lot 208 (part); J. Spingarn Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 1256